Friday, 30 January 2015

Whahoo it's Friday! Thank goodness the weekend is here and, at the time of writing, even though it is absolutely freezing, the sun is shining so hopefully we have the promise of a good weekend ahead.

Meanwhile we launch in to February on Sunday, so it is the time of year when all things romantic are on our minds.

So on to my card today, using the lovely Rosebud characters from Polkadoodles. They are quite different to her usual style, but very 'Jane Eyre' to my mind and I think they make really nice cards for anniversaries etc - especially for older couples who might have gone beyond the super cutie stuff!

As you can see, I opted for an easel card and used an opening door scene which I learned from the lovely Jayne Nestorenko. One of her Cute Companions CDs has a number of scenes with opening doors, so I adapted that technique, using bits and pieces from the Rosebud CD to create the same result.

The two images have been lovingly coloured with my pro markers and decoupaged on to the scene.

It looks like the young man is just about to propose don't you think? He is certainly a bit flushed in the cheeks!

There are some lovely challenges to enter in to this week, so here comes my list:

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Finally, I can let the cat out of the bag and announce that I am delighted to be joining the Fab and Funky Blog Design Team.

This is a really fun challenge that I participated in regularly as a blogger and so you can imagine how pleased I was to be invited to join. The hard bit has been keeping it under my hat as I was lucky enough to receive the invite last month, just as the Crafty Fairies blog was coming to a close.

So I guess it's true when the say 'as one door closes, another door opens'.

I'm really looking forward to joining in with the fun this year, and the first challenge of 2015 starts today. The theme is 'Something New' and our sponsor is Di's Digi Stamps.

You can find the blog right here so it would be lovely if you popped along to look at all the lovely cards and join in with the challenge.

Meanwhile, my card is made using a very cute Di's Digi Stamp and some lovely papers from Bearly Mine's floral range (sadly these are no longer available as the shop has now been closed due to the new VAT laws on digi's).

I hope you like my card, and look forward to seeing you over at Fab and Funky!

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About Me

I am a working wife to a lovely husband and devoted mother to my son. I love to relax (and keep a grip on my sanity!) by crafting and I have lots of excuses to craft now as I'm a Design Team member for theCute Card Thursday and Fab n Funky challenge blogs.